New Weekly eNewsletter

Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

7/1/2015

For AFAB Precision Machining (Lake Forest, CA) success is based on its
service-oriented philosophy, which firmly links its customers’ success
to the company’s own success. To achieve that mutual benefit, AFAB has
invested in automation that drives its internal manufacturing
innovation. Recently, AFAB purchased a Makino a51nx horizontal machining
center with a 12-pallet MMC2 flexible manufacturing system that has cut
cycle times in half. Full Article

Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

7/1/2015

There is no magic formula that guarantees manufacturing success.
However, the combination of hard work, knowledge, and advanced
technology is about as close as you can get. That’s the formula employed
by Andrea Cecutti, the owner of AC&A (Lake Forrest, CA). When he
opened his small California startup, AC&A, Cecutti wagered
everything on advanced machines, skilled and motivated people, and Tebis
CAD/CAM software. Full Article

Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

7/1/2015

The abrasive nylon brush is one of the more noteworthy advancements in
tools for in-line machine deburring, edge radiusing, cleaning, and other
surface finishing applications. With new advances in abrasive
technology, machining center operators like Eric Sun, founder of Orange
Vise Co., a machine shop and machine tool manufacturer in Union City,
CA, are able to complete surface finishing simultaneously with other
machining operations, speeding product completion, improving quality,
and saving off-line finishing time and costs. Full Article

Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

6/1/2015

When your job shop is running 80 electrical discharge machines (EDM), 24
hours-a-day with an output of more than 5000 jobs a year, keeping track
of every aspect of your business might seem impossible. But the team of
Carl Sommer and his sons at Reliable EDM (Houston, TX) have not only
kept track, but also managed to build Reliable into North America’s
largest EDM job shop. Full Article

Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

6/1/2015

That’s how Henry Kalkman describes the snow on the roof of his shop, JK
Machining Inc., the day it collapsed in February 2014. Kalkman can make
light of the incident now, but without proper insurance and good
industry connections, the calamity could have shut down the Kalamazoo,
MI, mold-and-die shop permanently. Instead, JK Machining weathered a
long year of rebuilding and continued to meet customer delivery dates
with help from neighboring shops. Full Article

Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

6/1/2015

Bemis Manufacturing (Sheboygan Falls, WI) is the largest manufacturer of
toilet seats in the world and a leading producer of healthcare
products, custom plastic products and precision plastic parts. The
family-owned company also manufactures plastic lawn, commercial, indoor
furniture, and a host of various contracted extrusion and
injection-molded plastic parts for companies such as John Deere and
Whirlpool Corp. The company is a pioneer of co-injection molding, a
process in which virgin resin is injected with recycled plastic. Full Article